Manchester United vs Everton; 5 Talking Points

#3. Manchester United regain two of Fergie-era sides' greatest qualities

Numero uno indeed, Jose

Winning Ugly. Scoring bucket-loads of goals in the closing stages of a game that they were struggling in...

If you had to pick two qualities that would define Sir Alex Ferguson's greatest sides it would be these two - and Mourinho's men have shown early on this season that they are capable of channeling those qualities in equal measure.

For the first 40 odd minutes of the second half, it looked like United had simply stopped playing - their passing as abysmal as their opponents, their attacking threat even duller - before the attacking unit put on a power-show of a finish to seal things late on.

Yesterday Liverpool played ugly and came out with just a draw, while both City (think about the Bournemouth game) and United have shown just how important it is that 3 points be racked up regardless of how well the team plays on the day.

United have a lot of improving to do - make no mistake - but they can't really complain about the results, can they?

"In the last part of the game, we killed them off." Jose Mourinho's been speaking to #MUTV... pic.twitter.com/xZQDhNUVdJ

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 17, 2017